It was a bright and airy afternoon in Christchurch when Tony and Penny greeted me at the entrance to their modern farmhouse. I didn’t have a plan about the photographs to take before meeting them. I only knew that they still kept the first modern tractor of the old days that replaced the horse in farming. When Penny served me afternoon tea, Tony (JOONG Gok Fook, 鍾國福), (nick name Cabbage King,) showed me a classic Leica that he asked his father CHUNG Chun Pat [鍾松柏] to purchase for him in one visit to Hong Kong, decades ago. However, he rarely practised photography but committed to his farming career.

When I asked to photograph not only the automated but also the hands-on farming gears, I was shown the well-kept primitive treasures that once were the intimate tools of the hands-on daily routine of many family members for years.

Before I left, I took some portraits of Tony with his Leica to recollect his dream at young. I never had told him that owning a classic Leica was my dream at young.